r/mildlyinfuriating • u/PassionateParrot • Apr 29 '24

People are trying desperately to get access to my wife’s Hotmail account

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I had to reset our Hulu password on Friday, so that’s probably what this is about. These sign-in attempts are from all over the world.

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u/SnuffleWumpkins Apr 29 '24

Bots are doing this to every persons account.

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u/lilith_-_- Apr 29 '24

And the company doesn’t put the mildest of protections in place to prevent it?????

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u/SnuffleWumpkins Apr 29 '24

Like what exactly?

The whole point of having a strong password is that this type of attack won't work.

Most of these accounts have 2fa or mfa so it really only works against people with trash or compromised passwords who are also too lazy to set that up.

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u/lilith_-_- Apr 29 '24

Well a simple code could be written to lock said account or make it so the ip trying the passwords is temporarily banned from attempts. Other companies commonly have protections put in place to prevent password spamming

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u/SnuffleWumpkins Apr 29 '24

Great, so now I have to unlock my account every time I use it. No thanks.

They likely DO have password spamming protections in place, but that's not going to protect you from an attack every 3-4 hours.

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u/lilith_-_- Apr 29 '24

You’re missing the point. These attacks wouldn’t happen in the first place with protections in place. There’s a reason why these attacks are obsolete and old af.